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Family members are finally learning the truth about missing loved ones. They've found the bodies buried on the grounds of a former Iraqi military base near Basra. Many victims were executed after a Shiite rebellion in 1999 and they're finally getting a proper burial.
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More photos from Pauline Lubens:

Patience running dry
Basra residents search for water

The execution lists
The truth revealed about missing loved ones

New leadership
Head of Basra's interim advisory council

Medical crisis
Helping the injured is a challenge

Fighting for change
Inside the Free Iraqi Forces

The aftermath
Iraqis clean up after bombings in Basra

Seeking justice
One family's relief after Saddam's fall

Basra aftermath
Widespread looting hits the city

	Tension and torture The invisible hand of the Baath party
	Battling in Basra Locals react to British soldiers
	Remnants of war Tanks, clothes and manuals left behind
	Looking for relatives Hundreds of Baath Party members arrested
	Helping out Food-aid effort turns into melee
	The checkpoint Iraqi men detained by Irish forces outside of Basra.
	The road from Basra Iraqis travel to Al Zubair and Um Quasr.
	Entering Al Zubair Scottish Black Watch secure Al Zubair in southern Iraq.
	Helping Iraqi citizens British Royal Military Police tend to wounded.
	Sirens in Kuwait City Kuwait City resident prepare for attacks.
	Protest in Bahrain 5,000 anti-war protestors hit the streets.
	Bahrain basics The people places and faces of the Middle East.
	Looking for smugglers Policing the Northern Persian Gulf.
	Navigating the Gulf of Hormuz Sailors keep a watchful eye; ready for action.
	On the U.S.S. Constellation Troops ready themselves for war.

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